Happy New Year to everyone, we hope 2022 is going to be a big improvement on what 2021 was for most!
The first beer for the year is from our most sought-after brewery toward the end of 2021, which is of course Maltgarden. Within our small beer club community, the Maltgarden beers have been gaining a nice following.
This is the baby of the Maltgarden range – a double dry-hopped hazy pale ale that highlights to experimental hops in HBC 586 and HBC 630.
The beer pours a hazy straw colour with a fairly thick, soapy head. The aroma is a nice mix of fruits – I think of apricot or peach plus strawberry.
A crisp, light malt body leaves those experimental hops to show the way. Really quite a fruit platter of flavours; again I get apricot, strawberry, some light citrus (mandarin) and then maybe even lychee at a push.
There is enough bitterness in the aftertaste to finish the beer off nicely and invite you back quickly for another taste. When talking about session beers, this is the kind of beer I think of.
'Explain in detail' is a cross between a pale ale and a farmhouse ale
A pale ale to commemorate the 1500th batch brewed, which has become a flagship beer of the brewery
by Brouwerij Emelisse/Slot-Oostende
A 3.5% session pale ale, bursting with hop character
by Brouwerij Palm (Swinkels Family Brewers)
The famous Pale Ale from Antwerp, since 1909
A hop-driven pale ale dry-hopped with loads of beautiful Citra hops
Partizan from South East London brews a range of fresh and tasty Pale Ales, featuring different hop combinations
A gentle 3-grain pale ale with Mosaic, Amarillo and Centennial hops
A blueberry and glazed banana bread double-fruited pudding sour with lime!
A witbier with orange peel, dry hopped with Mosaic hops
Maltgarden's take on a traditional Oktoberfest style lager
Our first beer from Poland's Maltgarden brewery is this DDH Hazy IPA
A double dry-hopped hazy double IPA featuring Galaxy and Sabro hops
A helles style lager using Hallertauer Mittelfruh and Tradition hops
Banana and passionfruit cream cheesecake double fruited pudding sour
A classic (northern) German Pilsner with two varieties of Hallertauer hops
A super-tasty hazy IPA featuring Enigma and experimental hop HBC 630
A blond pastry sour with white guava, lime, passionfruit and coconut
